Jeollanam-do – September 25, 2026 -- Researchers at Chonnam National University have demonstrated that dichloromethane, a widely used industrial solvent, can directly drive amide bond formation between carboxylic acids and amines, offering manufacturers a cheaper and less hazardous alternative to conventional coupling reagents. The findings, led by Professor Sunwoo Lee of the Department of Chemistry, were published online on July 6, 2026, and appeared in Volume 148, Issue 27 of the Journal of the American Chemical Society on July 15, 2026.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 25, 2026 -- Zifo has been named runner-up in the 2026 CDISC AI Innovation Challenge for TLFGenix, its AI-driven pipeline for generating clinical trial tables, figures, and listings, marking the company's second consecutive year of recognition in the competition.

Uppsala – September 25, 2026 -- Nanexa AB has signed a global exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Novo Nordisk worth up to EUR 1.165 billion, granting the Danish pharmaceutical giant rights to the Swedish company's PharmaShell atomic layer deposition (ALD) drug delivery platform for peptide-based treatments in obesity, type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases.

Shanghai – September 25, 2026 -- Nutshell Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has received FDA clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for NTS231, a covalent allosteric molecular glue degrader targeting NRF2, allowing the company to begin clinical development in the United States. NTS231 is the first NRF2 degrader originating from China and only the second such molecule worldwide to reach clinical-stage development.

Raritan, N.J. – September 25, 2026 -- Half of patients with early-line relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma treated with a single infusion of Johnson & Johnson's CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel) remained alive and progression-free for at least five years without maintenance therapy, according to new long-term data from the Phase 2 CARTITUDE-2 study.

Copenhagen – September 25, 2026 -- H. Lundbeck A/S will relocate its US headquarters from Deerfield, Illinois, to Greater Boston, Massachusetts, establishing a global innovation hub in the region over the next year.

Stockholm – September 25, 2026 -- SciBase Holding AB's SEK 57.5 million rights issue is now fully covered after Bergs Securities AB confirmed a binding guarantee commitment of approximately SEK 24.2 million, equal to 42 percent of the offering.

Boston and Shenzhen – September 24, 2026 -- XtalPi Holdings Limited (HKEX: 2228) has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for KQTD-126, a potential first-in-class gut-restricted pan-tropomyosin receptor kinase (pan-TRK) inhibitor targeting chronic intestinal pain in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Rockville, Md. – September 24, 2026 -- REGENXBIO Inc. (Nasdaq: RGNX) reported that 60% of Dose Level 3 participants with three-year follow-up data in its Phase II ALTITUDE study achieved a greater-than-2-step improvement on the Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Scale (DRSS) after a single in-office treatment with investigational gene therapy sura-vec, with no vision-threatening events recorded among responders.

Pune – September 24, 2026 -- The global autoimmune treatment market reached USD 176.6 billion in 2025 and is forecast to expand at a 6.9% CAGR through 2034, hitting USD 321.95 billion, according to a new analysis from Maximize Market Research.